I read an article in The Sun on Nov. 11 about “Economic outlook brighter.”

The Labor Department is basing this information on the number of people who have applied for unemployment benefits. Let’s not forget the millions of people who have used all of their extensions and are no longer getting unemployment benefits. Don’t they count? They’re still unemployed.

Let’s not forget the people on our freeway off-ramps and the homeless living on our streets. Are these people included in the data?

So don’t go patting yourself on the back. Ask the people who will be at churches, town halls and anywhere lining up to get a Thanksgiving dinner. Ask them if the economic outlook is brighter.